On this day 244 years ago, January 8, 1781 (December 14, 1780 lunar calendar), the birthday of Guan Tianpei, Admiral of the Guangdong Navy of the Qing Dynasty in China. Guan Tianpei (1781.1.8~ 1841.2.26), the word Zhongyin, the name Zipu, the national hero of the late Qing Dynasty. A native of Shanyang County, Huai'an Mansion (now Chuzhou District, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province), he was born in the army. Daoguang served as the deputy general of the Taihu Camp Navy for six years (1826), and was promoted to the general soldier of Susong Town in Jiangnan the following year. Daoguang served as Admiral Jiangnan in the thirteenth year (1833), and was awarded Admiral of the Guangdong Navy in the fourteenth year. Support Lin Zexu to implement smoking ban. On February 26, 1841, the British army attacked Humen. After the enemy broke the chain blocking the river and captured several batteries such as the horizontal gear, they bombarded the Jingyuan battery where Guan Tianpei was located with all their strength. Guan Tianpei led the soldiers, brandishing knives into battle, and commanded the soldiers to hold on tenaciously. The battle was extremely fierce from noon to late at night. Helplessly outnumbered, most of the soldiers guarding the battery died heroically. Guan Tianpei was also injured in more than 10 places, and his body was dripping with blood, but he still stood in front of the battle and fired cannons with his own hands. In order not to let the Admiral's Great Seal fall into the enemy's hands, Guan Tianpei urgently ordered his entourage to take the Great Seal away, and the entourage cried and grabbed his clothes and asked to withdraw together. Guan Tianpei refused sharply, insisted on the command, and encouraged the soldiers to fight hard. Suddenly, the enemy fired another shell, and the veteran, who was more than 60 years old and had scars all over his body, was unfortunately shot and killed. In the end, more than 400 soldiers guarding the battery were all martyred. Guan Tianpei (1781.1.8~ 1841.2.26), a famous anti-British general in the Opium War. The word Zhongyin, the name Zipu. A man from Shanyang (now Huai'an), Jiangsu. In 1803 (the eighth year of Qing Jiaqing), he was a martial artist and was awarded the general. Later, he rose to the rank of participating general. In 1826 (the sixth year of Qing Daoguang), the Qing government began to run a sea shipment of grain, and more than a thousand grain ships were safely delivered to Tianjin by Guan Tianpei, and he was promoted to deputy general. The following year, he was promoted to the general army. In the spring of 1832, he acted as Admiral Jiangnan. In 1834, he was transferred to Admir After taking office, he surveyed the geographical situation and changed the Shajiao and Dajiao batteries at Humenkou to the letter battery; on the front line of Shangheng Island, he rebuilt the Nanshan battery (renamed Weiyuan), rebuilt the rung and Zhenyuan battery, added Yong'an, consolidated the battery, and controlled the east and west waterways; at the bottom of Humen, rebuilt the Dahushan battery. Another 40 cannons over 3,000 kilograms were cast and placed in each battery. At the same time, training was accelerated and regulations for spring and autumn exercises were formulated. In 1838, Jingyuan battery was added between Zhenyuan and Weiyuan batteries, Western copper cannons were installed for the first time, and two row chains were erected in the waterway on the east side of the rung. In 1839, Lin Zexu, the imperial imperial minister, went to Guangdong to stop smoking, assist in the capture of tobacco dealers, confiscate opium, and command the navy to exchange fire with British ships many times. In 1840, the Opium War broke out, and the imperial envoy Qi Shan went to Guangdong, focusing on peace and lax defense. On January 7, 1841 (177 years ago), the British launched the Battle of Humen in an attempt to force Qi Shan to submit by force, dispatched more than 10 ships, and captured the Shajiao and Dagao Fortresses. On February 26, the British army launched another 10 warships and 3 steamships, accompanied by landing troops, and stormed the first-line 6 batteries of the horizontal island. Guan Tianpei stubbornly resisted the army at the Jingyuan Fortress, and personally fired cannons to bombard the enemy, and was wounded and martyred. The public record of his handling of Guangdong coastal defense is "The First Collection of Chiaohai".